Edel MacBride Designer

16/07/2026

Did you know Cruit means Harp?
Where better to have a Harpers gathering that Island of the Harps🪉

Looking forward to it 🪉

19/06/2026

1990’s!
Sherwood green chenille swing trapeze coat early to mid 1990’s & how many we crafted! Sold to the best of retailers in the USA & UK mostly. Testimony to how good at hand looming chenille we were (firm tension so no looping, steady handed so yarn didn’t snap). Made circular knit (sideways) with front neck & raglan shaping worked at the same time. Finished with a hand crochet fishnet scarf attached. Easy to wash. Grateful to the talented ladies working with me these years (Convoy mill & Derry too) - feels worthwhile to make things of such lasting provenance and story.
Looks like the seller is in OHIO
It’s a steal! 💚💚💚

The Edel Macbride Donegal Knit Green Cardigan is a stylish and high-quality sweater designed for women in size Large. This cardigan is crafted using chenille fabric, giving it a luxurious and cozy feel. Made in Ireland with cotton material, this cardigan features a beautiful green color and a classi...

14/06/2026

JUNE

Hyperlocal here in Donegal 🤍💚💛

While a night The Rusty Mackerel was booked there was no big plan! It was an adventure, from the pre gig trad music, to a conversational altercation later 👋 lol 😂 (no harm done)
Great 😊 food, company, fires & fiddle.

A ramble the very long way home was just wonderful. Ran into all my favourite knitting folks in Glen and Carrick. Even had the best coffee and treats at Kellys Corner (Gkencolmcille),
Chatting knitting & nerdy wool stuff there with Michael McNelis.

The seaweed at Teelin pier was beyond normal inspiration, it seemed to dance and have a colour of yellow green that only real mermaids could make?
The winding road back through Carrick and a stop off at the new Main Street Sweater Shop by Rossan. I’d to try on a few of ‘our’ original R10 roll tweed jumpers! It’s older than Emma managing the 4th generation knitting business of Rossan now!
It’s never been busier too.
Will the R10 be around in another 30/35 years???
Lovely to see Rossans founder Mary still hand knitting stock in her 101 year.

John Joe gave us a run down on his incredible month at John Joes in Kilcar. How did we end up in John Joe’s? I’ve no idea but we should have booked another night as it was back to the knitting before dusk! It was great to see the new trees x 2 he planted on the river there beside the trees he planted age 14!

Still, not complaining. I’ve still miles & miles of Donegal to experience, it never ceases to fill my soul with wonder.

17/04/2026

This is a beautiful post one of our collective shop members, showing you where we are. A walk from the reincarnated Ebrington Square on the Waterside, across the wonderful past … up Shipquay Street once known as because of all the jewellers … into our magical and
Thanks so much Jane Christie 💚💜

11/04/2026

Just as the daffodils lift the heavy sky, the first knitting friends arrive to carry my imagination and projects forward!
For as invested in the ancestors as my work is and feeling I’m one of them myself some days~ it’s in the new seeds planted and shared the future lives.
AND share we did…

My travelling stitches stretched over pages of a NEW pattern and in new scrummy yarn choices.
Stories of travels abounded and my eyes feasted on the beautiful knitwear worn and created by everyone. 💗🤍💗🤍💗

“Bring me more people like these, please”
It was Spring 2014 when a very fancy bus of 34 ladies from Norway left my yard!
Even the horses were feeling the connection..

And here we are,
Knitters, crocheters quilters and other ‘ers’ sit in all corners of the planet 🪐 quietly making, and we still do.
But how much fun is it to bring the tribe together and discover ‘ourselves’ as we create.
There are mindful moments too and some good laughs.
Besides this as I told the first visitors in 2014, and still do “Thank You, for coming here and saving our tradition for us” ….

Soapbox moment coming ⚠️

The beauty and intelligence of Aran Knitting having been diluted and disrespected for years. The humble knitter whose skill was learned by some mix of osmosis, trial, persistence, need, talent and comfort with a side portion of mathematics ~ was dismissed from the process of creating Aran. Misunderstood as a true craft.

Culture & travel & friendship are a new trinity knot.

We were so wonderfully cared for by the team Lough Eske Castle where staff have a skill in naming visitors by their first name. Fabulous food at Cedars each evening. A light filled ballroom to make any cabling easier!
It was fun to visit some woolly friends in Northern Ireland too and relax as we stabbed our cares way with Linda Lewis and wove in circles with Lorna Shannon ~ Weaver.
Like all good times it ended too soon, and some stories must stay in the castle walls, even those of the hatchet lady! Thanks Elaine McInaw & can you bring me more knitters like these? 💞

Adieu Adieu to all
Go raibh a míle maith agaibh
You are
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